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The Cherokee Nation is planning a new $400 million health care facility in Tahlequah to replace the 40-year-old W.W. Hastings Hospital.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed legislation on Wednesday to fund the state-of-the-art hospital, as well as $35 million to replace the tribe’s 25-year-old outpatient health center i...
Spotlighting Port of Muskogee
Dec 14 2021The Northeast Oklahoma Automotive Corridor consists of 11 mega-sites across the region.
All of our mega-sites offer:
Available land ready for development
Central locations with quick access to ice-free ports, Class I railroads, major highways, and interstates
Strong workforce of more than one million highly-skilled future employees.
Location, Location, Location
Logistically located in the middle o...
Tulsa-area proposal among 60 finalists for millions in federal funding for economic development
Dec 14 2021Planning organization INCOG is among 60 finalists for a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant that could award the Tulsa region up to roughly $70 million for economic development, local representatives say.
The $1 billion “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” is the centerpiece of the EDA’s American Rescue plan programs designed t...
A booming demand for goods in the United States has led to shortages, bottlenecks and elevated inflation, a local bank leader said Thursday.
BOK Financial Executive Vice President Brian Henderson labeled a “perfect storm” what happened to the economy in 2021.
“We’ve had trucker shortages for many years,” said Henderson, also th...
Spotlighting Tulsa Ports of Catoosa and Inola
Nov 10 2021The Northeast Oklahoma Automotive Corridor consists of 11 mega-sites across the region.
All of our mega-sites offer:
Available land ready for development
Central locations with quick access to ice-free ports, Class I railroads, major highways, and interstates
Strong workforce of more than one million highly-skilled future employees.
Tulsa Port of Catoosa
The Tulsa Port of Catoos...
RadNet, Inc. (“RadNet”, NASDAQ: RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality and cost-effective outpatient diagnostic imaging services, will locate a customer operations center at the Eastgate Metroplex in Tulsa. RadNet plans to hire up to 500 customer service coordinators in Tulsa.
“We are proud to be opening our customer operations center i...
The Northeast Oklahoma Automotive Corridor consists of 11 mega-sites each offering:
Available land ready for development
Central locations with quick access to ice-free ports, Class I railroads, major highways, and interstates
Strong workforce of more than one million highly-skilled future employees.
For this spotlight moment, we shine the light on Creek 51 Business Park.
Location...
The Tulsa Regional Chamber received Bronze Rank in the category of Economic Development Organization of the Year, an award program presented annually by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award was announced this week at a ceremony during IEDC’s Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
“The winners of IEDC’s Excellence i...
Catoosa, Okla. – Lyseon North America Inc. (LNAI) today announced plans to set up a plant and commence operations at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, in Rogers County, Oklahoma. The company offers a broad range of services in engineering, metal stamping, welding and coating, mainly for the US automotive industry...
Three entities geared to encourage economic development in Oklahoma were named Thursday among organizations nationwide selected to receive grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Official expects state economic 'explosion'
Sep 27 2021A labor shortage and supply chain disruptions continue to hamper Oklahoma’s economy as it tries to shrug off the lingering effects of COVID-19, but the state’s top economic development officer says he expects “some pretty big explosions in GDP over the next couple of years.”
“Personally, I’m very bullish on wher...
Before he spoke Tuesday at a news conference, local developer Antoine Harris asked attendees to take a moment and drink in their surroundings: a wooded, undulating landscape with a direct view of Tulsa’s downtown skyscrapers.
“This location is very unique,” Harris said of the site at 36th Street North and Nort...
Apiece of Brutalist architecture just south of downtown is being reimagined.
A local group is converting the former Boulder Plaza Apartments and River Parks Lofts, 1840 S. Boulder Ave., into an 82-unit boutique hotel called The Brut, said Kimberly Honea, vice president of hospitality and development with Tulsa-based Sharp Development.
Sharp Developmen...
Tulsa named 2nd most affordable big city
Jun 24 2021Tulsa was recently named the 2nd most affordable big city in the U.S. by Rocket Homes.
To find the most affordable big cities in the U.S., Rocket Homes reviewed the Council for Community and Economic Research’s data on cost of living. The C2ER’s 2019 Q2 Cost of Living Index analyzes the prices o...
Today, officials at MidAmerica Industrial Park announced its newest mega-employer, Canoo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV), a company manufacturing innovative electric vehicles (EVs). According to a news release issued by the company today: “Canoo’s 400-acre campus will be in the Tulsa area at MidAmerica Industrial Park, a 9,000-acre industrial complex strategically locate...
The Tulsa metropolitan area has officially joined the 1 million population club, making it eligible to better compete for economic development projects, according to area officials.
Estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau put the July 1, 2020, population in the Tulsa metro area, officially called the metropolitan statistical area...
Arthur Jackson, senior vice president of economic development for the Tulsa Regional Chamber, has been named a 2021 Economic Development 40 Under 40 Award recipient by Development Counsellors International (DCI) and Jorgenson Consulting. The biennial award program recognizes rising stars in the economic development industry.
“Arthur has had great success a...
The Tulsa Regional Chamber released today the results of an analysis of the region’s dislocated workforce. This comprehensive study and roadmap for recovery will help business and civic leaders better understand the outlook for workers dislocated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which skill sets are available in the regional talent pipeline...
The Tulsa Regional Chamber announced today the hiring of Arthur Jackson as senior vice president of economic development, effective Feb. 22. Jackson will lead the Chamber’s economic development efforts through Tulsa’s Future, the Chamber-led public-private regional economic development partnership. Jackson will also be responsible for workforce and talent strategies, suc...
Tulsa’s Future, the public-private regional economic development partnership led by the Tulsa Regional Chamber, will mark the completion of the third five-year phase of its economic development plan at the end of December. Since 2016, Tulsa’s Future has supported the creation of 16,704 jobs and more than $1.9 billion o...
Sean Kouplen, Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce & Workforce Development, alongside members of the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development and industry leaders, announced today the certification of nine Centers for Workforce Excellence (CWE) under the Oklahoma Works Together program.
“Governor Stitt has worked to implement his ‘Oklahoma Turnaround’ initiatives i...
Milo’s Tea Company executives were joined today by local and state leaders for a ceremonial ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of Milo’s new production and distribution center at the Cherokee Extension Industrial Park in Tulsa County. Based in Birmingham, Ala., Milo’s announced its expansion to Tulsa in May 201...
American Airlines announced it will invest $550 million at its base maintenance facility in Tulsa (known as Tech Ops – Tulsa), the largest commercial aircraft maintenance facility in the world.
Tech Ops – Tulsa is home to more than 5,500 team members, 600 of which were added in 2019, and conduct...
